D'you call life a bad job? Never! We've had our ups and downs, we've had our struggles, we've always been poor, but it's been worth it, ay, worth it a hundred times I say when I look round at my children.

It has been said that good prose should resemble the conversation of a well-bred man.

Because a man can write great works he is none the less a man.

The secret of play-writing can be given in two maxims: stick to the point, and, whenever you can, cut.

To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.

What was it in the human heart that made you despise a man because he loved you?

Any society that values wealth above freedom will lose its freedom, and will ultimately lose its wealth as well